Low Latency Trading Engineer

Mondrian Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondrian Alpha is hiring C++ engineers to build and refine systems powering execution, position management, and risk with microsecond latency. This is core engineering, not a support role, with real capital at stake.

You will collaborate with traders, design high-performance infrastructure, and contribute to robust, automated production systems across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Experience building enterprise systems and low-latency applications.
• Experience with message-oriented middleware (Solace, LBM, Tib/RV) and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy new and existing components, systems, and frameworks.
• Propose new designs and enhance existing architectures to improve performance, functionality, scalability, and stability.
• Develop and maintain low-latency trading infrastructure used by investment teams.
• Collaborate with business users to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Support cross-team communication and automation of production trading systems.

Skills

Low-latency

Distributed systems

Multithreading

Networking

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Mathematics / Finance / Economics

Tools

Solace

LBM

Tib/RV

Job description

A top tier global multi-strategy investment firm is hiring C++ engineers to build and refine the systems that power execution, position management, and risk on trades measured in microseconds. This is a core engineering, not a support function. Code created here run against real capital, used by trading teams around the clock

Engineers with deep systems experience and a genuine bar for performance and stability are encouraged to apply, no matter what industry that experience comes from.

About the Role

Software engineers in this role sit in a unique position where they communicate frequently with traders as the liaison between engineering. The work is high paced with focus on performance, stability and automation. Problems here are genuinely hard, and correctness matters because the cost of a bug is immediate and visible.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy new and existing components, systems, and frameworks.
• Propose new designs and enhance existing architectures to continuously improve system performance, functionality, scalability, and stability.
• Develop and maintain critical low-latency trading infrastructure used by investment teams.
• Work closely with business users to understand requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across engineering, technology, and business teams.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement, reliability, and automation of production trading systems.

What We're Looking For

• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Experience building enterprise systems and low-latency applications.
• Practical experience with message-oriented middleware such as Solace, LBM, Tib/RV, or similar technologies.
• Strong networking and multithreaded programming skills.
• Experience designing and developing highly performant, reliable distributed systems.
• Prior experience developing position management systems and associated risk and compliance checks is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and system-design abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or a related technical or quantitative discipline.

Why This Role

You won't be maintaining someone else's legacy system or waiting months to see your code matter. What you build here instantly becomes the infrastructure other engineers and traders depend on.